Use this JAZZ CONCEPT in Your BLUES GUITAR!

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In this lesson, I'll show you how to get to the IV chord of a blues progression using altered chords, the altered scale, and ii-V-Is. This concept is frequently used by jazz-influenced blues guitarists like Robben Ford, Josh Smith, Matt Schofield, and Chris Cain.
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Table of Contents
0:00 - Introduction
1:17 - Ex. 1 - Basic 12-Bar Blues
1:49 - Ex. 2 - Adding a ii-V-I
3:50 - Ex. 3 - Altered Dominant Chord
5:27 - Ex. 4 - Moving Altered Chords
6:36 - Tritone Substitution
10:09 - Ex. 5 - ii-V-I Lick
13:27 - Ex. 6 - Altered Scale
14:58 - Ex. 7 - Altered Scale Lick
17:57 - Ex. 8 ii-V-I Lick
20:19 - Ex. 9 - Altered Dominant Lick
22:22 - Conclusion

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@martydibergi5228 2 ай бұрын

I will keep reading and practising until I get this.❤ You are awesome to do this. A kid at school gave me live at the Regal in about 1967. My head spun around. Met BB 5 years after a show. He chatted for 2 Hours. A kind generous man. I did not understand when he explained his tone was in his fingers. I really miss him.

@Bertyification 2 ай бұрын

Jamey, you are genius! I’ve learnt more about the theory, the approach and playing the blues in an afternoon of watching you videos than I have in the last 5 years! Awesome 🤩 There’s hours of content here to digest and practice, in easily broken down bite sized sections. Thank you!

@JameyArent 2 ай бұрын

Thank you and you’re welcome! Glad you found the lesson helpful.

@Raven-Creations 13 күн бұрын

Great lesson. I think your example 7 lick highlights the big problem I had learning jazz before the days of the internet. The full-speed lick sounded really great, just like the jazzy sound I was after, but when you slowed it down, it sounded nothing like the same, and not at all inspiring. The jazzy character just doesn't come through until it's played at speed. I read all sorts of books giving jazz licks, but playing them at learning speed they all sounded naff and I moved on before ever getting up to speed. I was convinced the books had just been thrown together with uninspiring licks. If I'd seen your example 7 written down and tried to learn it, I'd have probably passed on that too. Had I persevered, I would probably have learnt jazz much more easily. At least these days, with videos like this and tools like Guitar Pro, we can hear a lick at full speed, recognise that it's worth learning, then slow it down and gradually increase the tempo, safe in the knowledge that the end result will be worth it. We've also got tools like iRealPro, and looper pedals, which let us hear what we're playing against the chords, which was another problem I had - often it's the tension of the lick against the chord which gives the sound, but if you can't hear the lick against the chord, it's hard to know how it'll sound. With all the resources available today, it's a great time to learn guitar.

@scbradford20 20 күн бұрын

I've been playing blues & jazz/blues for ages, and while I've understood the theory that you describe here, any time I tried to add these techniques to my playing it always sounded forced and unnatural. Now I'm finally getting it! Your examples have really been the key to unlocking this style for me. I can't thank you enough. I'll definitely be checking out your other material. So happy!!

@JameyArent 15 күн бұрын

Thanks! Glad to hear this lesson was helpful.

@walterredaelli5736 15 күн бұрын

Guru ! Great lesson... I have been doing Eb9-> D9 for ages due to T bone not even knowing it was, in reality, a A7#9#11b5xyz !! Joking apart, great lesson. 🖖🏻🎸

@uberjam-sam8512 2 ай бұрын

outstanding lesson! I think your triad lesson really helped me more than anything I've done in a long time. As you're going through all these different ways to play through the changes from the I to the IV really studying triads made it a lot more accessible.

@JameyArent Ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad the videos are helpful.

@mickmandana 2 ай бұрын

Excellent... Thanks

@alexcantelou2469 2 ай бұрын

So many great ideas packed into one short video. Jayzuz. Muchas Gracias!

@JameyArent 2 ай бұрын

Thanks and you're welcome! Glad it was helpful.

@slawekiwanek402 3 ай бұрын

Great explanations. Thank you so much !

@JameyArent 3 ай бұрын

Thank you and you’re welcome!

@williamlaven 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely wonderful, Jamey. Lots to unpack here which will be tremendously invaluable, thanks.

@JameyArent 3 ай бұрын

Thanks and you’re welcome! Glad it was helpful.

@uberjam-sam8512 3 ай бұрын

Great lesson Jamey! Super helpful.

@JameyArent 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad it’s helpful.

@nathanbolen7624 3 ай бұрын

Awesome thank you for this lesson. I really enjoyed learning other ways of adding a little more tension in playing and getting listeners engaged. Again,thank you

@JameyArent 3 ай бұрын

You're welcome. Glad it was helpful!

@yinyangthang Ай бұрын

Great stuff. Thank you.

@JameyArent Ай бұрын

Thanks and you’re welcome

@ariecht1807 Ай бұрын

Genius, jamey. Thank you.

@JameyArent Ай бұрын

Thank you! You're welcome!

@elyjaffe5475 Ай бұрын

awesome lesson!

@JameyArent Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@mikemusic551 2 ай бұрын

This is excellent. I don't think I've seen a video lesson that was so enlightening. You explain so well.

@JameyArent 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@fenderstringbender7066 2 ай бұрын

Thank you Jamey .Great lesson.God bless

@JameyArent 2 ай бұрын

Thank you and you’re welcome!

@sgtcaco 2 ай бұрын

Really useful stuff, thank you.

@JameyArent 2 ай бұрын

You’re welcome!

@luckyl4746 2 ай бұрын

Excellent lesson. Thank you

@JameyArent 2 ай бұрын

Thank you and you’re welcome!

@apgardude 3 ай бұрын

Jamey, great video! Packed with usable information and licks / chord ideas. You obviously have a gift for teaching… thank you. I’ma have a Tritone Sub for breakfast, another one for lunch, and then a sensible dinner. The Jamey diet…

@JameyArent 2 ай бұрын

Haha! Thank you so much. Glad the video was helpful for both the guitar licks and meal planning.

@GUITARSGIZMOS 2 ай бұрын

Great lesson. You are doing such a good job at teaching. Really one of the best I've come across. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!

@JameyArent 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much and you’re welcome!

@mickmandana 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@JameyArent 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the Super Thanks!

@Peter-sk5vg 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful 😊

@JameyArent 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@m.vonhollen6673 3 ай бұрын

Top-notch!

@JameyArent 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@martydibergi5228 2 ай бұрын

Did Wes know theory? I read he struggled reading charts. Didn’t stop him though❤

@JameyArent 2 ай бұрын

I’ve heard he didn’t read music. Many of our favorite players couldn’t read music or know the theory behind what they played, they just had amazing ears and practiced their instrument.

@gtrdoc911 3 ай бұрын

Great stuff. Very cerebral.

@JameyArent 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@bluesdawg8014 3 ай бұрын

Great lesson Thanks Los Angeles

@JameyArent 2 ай бұрын

Thanks and you’re welcome!

@CharleyHolland 3 ай бұрын

Good to know if music doesn’t pay the bills you can open a food truck selling Tritone Subs.

@m.vonhollen6673 3 ай бұрын

Good joke! In case you, or anyone else, doesn’t understand what a “tritone sub” is, here goes. Say you’re going from a G7 to a C major, in that G7 chord B is the 3rd and F is the b7. That interval between B and F (or F and B) is a #4 or a b5. That interval is 2 notes separated by 3 whole steps, hence the term “tritone”. Now if you take the bass note of G and replace it with a note that’s a tritone away, C#, now instead of going G7-C, you can now go C#7-C. You have replaced that G7 chord with its TRITONE SUB (a chord that has the same tritone but a different bass note). That’s my best explanation of what it is. Cheers! (That’s because C#7 has F as it’s 3rd and B as it’s b7, the inversion of G7’s tritone also of F and B.)

@trafyknits9222 2 ай бұрын

It's also cool to use an augmented chord before going to the 1 chord. Perfect example is Allman Bros "Stormy Monday".

@martydibergi5228 2 ай бұрын

Any help in the Proper chords of their version? I play it wrong. At 71, and health problems I have memory challenges. Thanks for any help❤

@lawrencetaylor4101 3 ай бұрын

This is out of my pay grade...for now. I'm a Newbie and learning the fretboard, and just started playing double stops. I want to master my triads before I tackle sevenths or other fancy stuff. I'm just now practicing thirds, but also the 3 & 7 or 3 & b7. I was taking it through the Circle of Fourths, but now have to start thinking of two notes as being in two different chords. Food for thought, n'est-ce pas?

@johnmccullough8705 3 ай бұрын

E Melodic Minor Would Work For Improvisation…Because A Lydian Dominant (Lydian b7) Is the 4th of E….The Altered Dominant is the 7 of E Melodic Minor (D#)…E F# G A B C# D#…Might Could Write the Progression In Mixolydian…B7-A7-D#7…OR I-VII-IV ETC…Great Technique Throughout the Lesson!

@apgardude 3 ай бұрын

Jamey, I love your tone on this video… any tips for how to get that sound?

@JameyArent 2 ай бұрын

Thanks! Get the @neuraldsp Morgan Amps Suite plug in. That’s all I’m using here!

@ehmmmjay9907 2 ай бұрын

Great lesson but man do I hate those black bindings on that 335, haha!

@JameyArent 2 ай бұрын

Thanks about the lesson, but I love the black bindings!

@hanstilstam7858 3 ай бұрын

brill

@angrybuzzy 3 ай бұрын

Jamie! How can you leave out mentioning Matt Schofield! Great lesson though! 😉

@JameyArent 3 ай бұрын

Good call! I added him to the description. Definitely a user of this concept. Thanks!

@blackfishgaming7145 3 ай бұрын

Would this be considered a funk-blues rhythm? What would the feel be called? It’s truly a great lesson!

@40pianos 3 ай бұрын

It's a blues shuffle - a type of swing rhythm.

@blackfishgaming7145 3 ай бұрын

@@40pianos I checked out a few shuffle tracks. Different rhythm

@JameyArent 2 ай бұрын

Thanks! For the rhythm examples I’m playing over a blues shuffle with a Charleston strumming rhythm. Check out my Blues Rhythm Guitar KZfaq lesson video for more on that. The lead examples are over more of a funky New Orleans inspired groove.

@blackfishgaming7145 2 ай бұрын

@@JameyArentthank you!! Keep up the awesome content.

@DjembeDoug 2 ай бұрын

@@blackfishgaming7145it’s definitely a shuffle.

@RedMercuryBluesBand 3 ай бұрын

confused why in the key of A you call the Em7 the 2 - isn't that the 5 of A? - help LOL

@JameyArent 3 ай бұрын

Emin is the ii chord of D7. We're temporarily thinking of D (the IV chord of the blues) as our new key, so the ii-V-I taking us to D would make Emin the ii chord of D, A7 the V chord of D, and D7 our temporary new I chord for 2 measures.

@m0n3y5h07 3 ай бұрын

Em7 is the ii of D

@RedMercuryBluesBand 3 ай бұрын

@@JameyArent I see - thanks much!

@cleria18 3 ай бұрын

2-5-of D

@michaelarthurmusic307 3 ай бұрын

The 2 (and 5) references the chord you are heading towards - Em7 is the 2 of D and A is the 5 of D. Therefore a 2-5 -1 Turnaround (where the 1 is D) is what Jamey is talking about. This confused me for a very long time...